It's a month away!
This will be our 4th.
Anyone else doing it this year?
We will be staying with a Host Family again this year. It worked out good last year, so we thought we would try it again.
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07-27-2008, 06:34 AM #1
pedal pusher
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Wichita Falls, TX- Hotter N Hell Hundred?
pedal pusher
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07-28-2008, 12:09 PM #2
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I plan on going again this year. I just finished my longest ride of the year - 71 miles at the Goatneck in Cleburne, TX. Hope I'm ready for the HHH. I also hope my luck is better and I don't have a blow-out this year.
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence." ~Benjamin Franklin
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08-11-2008, 01:04 PM #3
LIVESTRONG
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I'm going this year - it will be the first time riding HHH - but I've done several (probably 10 or more) century rides already. I'm looking forward to the challenge!
Unity is strength. Knowledge is power. Attitude is everything.
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08-11-2008, 01:42 PM #4
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I'm planning to be there, doing the 100k cat 4 race. I have a feeling that about 30 miles in, I'll be wishing I opted for the non-competitive ride instead.
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08-12-2008, 04:54 AM #5
LCI # 1853-M
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Got the packet in the mail yesterday... I'm #453, out there somewheres in the "Hell's Gate Keepers"...
Tom
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08-12-2008, 06:06 AM #6
Can't never could!
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Okay, someone enlighten me what is it that makes this ride so special? Is it the number of people because if so I have been there, done that twice with the MS150 and 13,000 of my closest friends.
Is it the scenery? I think of that area as a pretty boring place to ride but then again I have never been there. Is it 110 degree weather? Is it a chance to live to tell?
I have heard the support is awesome but no one has been able to convince me that is worth the suffering. I don't mind suffering, we are planning to do the Pineywoods Purgatory and I drug myself around the Enchanted Circle and Fort Davis. But those are all beautiful areas to suffer.
I am not trying to sound like a total negative sour puss (which I know it does), my husband and I just have never wanted to do this ride. Everyone we know who has done it tells us you HAVE to do it at least once and we are completely clueless as to why? It is a long drive from central Texas to do this ride. What am I missing? This ride has a legendary reputation so there is no disputing there is a reason people do it.Last edited by Aggie_Ama; 08-12-2008 at 06:09 AM.
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08-12-2008, 12:57 PM #7
Easy Day!
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I would love to go, but I'll be on-call...
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